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Melanoplus

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Noun1.Melanoplus - New World migratory locusts and common American grasshoppersMelanoplus - New World migratory locusts and common American grasshoppers
genus Melanoplus
arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods
Acrididae, family Acrididae, family Locustidae, Locustidae - short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts
migratory grasshopper - serious pest of grain-growing and range areas of central and western United States
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A second proposal is Locustacarus trachealis became extinct in North America with the extinction of the grasshopper Melanoplus spretus (Lockwood 2001).
World distribution of Locustacarus trachealis (Acari: Podapolipidae), ... by Husband, Robert W.; Husband, Patricia S. / Michigan Academician
By studying one such trait--the ability to resist desiccation (drying) -- the researchers have determined that populations of the lesser migratory grasshopper, Melanoplus sanguinipes, in different parts of Claifornia evolved varying abilities to withstand their local climates.
Grasshoppers change coats to beat the heat by Pennisi, Elizabeth / Science News
 
 
 
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